A Woman Lived 738 days on Top of a Thousand-year-old Redwood to Avoid It Being Logged Down
“I am a human being. There were times when I said ‘I can’t take it anymore.’ Moments when I curled up in the fetal position to cry, ‘I can’t take it anymore, not a minute more,'” she confessed, but something always happened that gave her new breath.
“Whether it was a response from nature, or someone arriving unexpectedly with some kind of gift, or a bear passing through the forest eating berries – it’s amazing to see an animal this big -. There were little incidents like that, at times when I couldn’t stand it anymore, something was happening that told me you must hold on. One more breathes, one more moment.”
Over time some things in tree life became easier, others more difficult. “After the storms, I would collect branches and weave them from the torn pieces of canvas and my roof became something like a basket of branches, plastic, and duct tape.”
“Whether it was a response from nature, or someone arriving unexpectedly with some kind of gift, or a bear passing through the forest eating berries – it’s amazing to see an animal this big -. There were little incidents like that, at times when I couldn’t stand it anymore, something was happening that told me you must hold on. One more breathes, one more moment.”
Over time some things in tree life became easier, others more difficult. “After the storms, I would collect branches and weave them from the torn pieces of canvas and my roof became something like a basket of branches, plastic, and duct tape.”
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22 October 2023
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